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proboscidea


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Proboscidea  \Pro`bos*cid"e*a\,  n.  pl  [NL.  See  {Proboscis}.] 
  (Zo["o]l.) 
  An  order  of  large  mammals  including  the  elephants  and 
  mastodons. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Proboscidea 
  n  1:  in  some  classifications  included  in  the  genus  Martynia  and 
  hence  the  two  taxonomic  names  for  some  of  the  unicorn 
  plants  [syn:  {Proboscidea},  {genus  Proboscidea}] 
  2:  an  order  of  animals  including  elephants  and  mammoths  [syn:  {Proboscidea}, 
  {order  Proboscidea}] 




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